People have made a living here when the price was in dollars rather than cents. It is debatable if that price was justified and the crypto hype has cooled off now. Anyone making a living on other platforms either has many thousands of followers and earns from ads or they have people paying them directly. Hive just does not have the numbers for now so we will only make beer money at best. Some who get the big votes may do a bit better, but the average user makes cents.

So we need something to bring in far more users who may buy $HIVE to make their vote worth more. People have tried e-commerce with variable success. I have bought a few things with $HBD over the years including art, music and comics.

We have to be realistic about what you can achieve here so that people do not just give up. We have to build something that is better than what we have and any of us can help with that.